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Steele joins Hackett in resigning after bribery charges
nj.com ^ | 09 September 2007 | Deborah Howlett & Jonathan Casiano

Posted on 09/08/2007 10:36:21 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture

Steele joins Hackett in resigning after bribery charges

BY DEBORAH HOWLETT AND JONATHAN CASIANO
Star-Ledger Staff

Assemblyman Alfred Steele, one of 11 public officials arrested last week in a federal corruption sting, has told Democratic leaders he will resign his seat tomorrow, becoming the second state legislator to step down in the wake of the bribery scandal.

Steele's decision, announced yesterday afternoon by a Passaic County Democratic spokeswoman, came a day after his Assembly colleague, Mims Hackett Jr. (D-Essex), announced he was leaving his post and the same day Gov. Jon Corzine pledged to introduce a new package of ethics legislation later this year.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: corruptdems; hackett; ratcrime; resignation; steele

1 posted on 09/08/2007 10:36:25 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture
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To: CounterCounterCulture

don’t let the door hit you in the *ss on your way out...11 down, how many more to go. When will McGreevey get his charges??


2 posted on 09/08/2007 10:38:03 PM PDT by tina07 (In Memory of my Father - WWII Army Air Force Veteran)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

Ah, yes. The ‘culture of corruption.’


3 posted on 09/08/2007 10:55:48 PM PDT by YHAOS
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And you wonder WHY Dems went nuts because Bush fired prosecutors who wouldn’t investigate Democrat Corruption and Voter Fraud?


4 posted on 09/08/2007 11:47:27 PM PDT by tcrlaf (You can lead a Liberal to LOGIC, but you can't make it THINK)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

notice hardly any coverage of al the lib/dem corruption...

where is piglosi and her cleaning of the culture of corruption????


5 posted on 09/09/2007 4:12:32 AM PDT by nyyankeefan
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Gov. Jon Corzine pledged to introduce a new package of ethics legislation later this year.

That is absurd. If they didn't know what they were doing was wrong, no "ethics legislation" in the world is going to make a whit of difference.

P.
6 posted on 09/09/2007 4:19:21 AM PDT by Peet (Insert clever phrase here.)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

A real Democrat sleaze-o-rama


7 posted on 09/09/2007 4:21:34 AM PDT by dennisw
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